Kwak'wala

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Kwak'wala Kwak̓wala.

Noun

Kwak'wala

  1. (broad sense) Wakashan language traditionally spoken by Kwakwaka'wakw people around Queen Charlotte Strait in Western Canada.
    • 2019 March 3, Clare Hennig, “New Indigenous immersion program launching to teach kindergartners Kwak'wala”, in CBC News:
      A new language immersion program is coming to a Vancouver Island elementary school — and no, it's not the typical Spanish or Mandarin language programs. It's Kwak'wala.
      School District 72 recently gave the green light for the new pilot project in the Kwak'wala language and culture at Ripple Rock Elementary in Campbell River.
    • 2022 February 8, Elizabeth McSheffrey, “Researchers in B.C. could help save one of the world’s most complex Indigenous languages”, in Global News‎[1]:
      Their team is working with elders to develop a framework for a new teaching method for Kwak’wala, grounded in the unique cultural lens of Kwakwaka’wakw communities. The language, deeply tied to land and health, means it cannot be taught using conventional Western pedagogy alone, Child explained.
  2. (strict sense) Dialect spoken by the Kwagu'ł.

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